In Haiyan County, Haining garrison Zheng Jiwu had just received a letter. Li Yuchun, the puppet commander-in-chief of Jiaxing commanded by the Tatars, was leading his troops, but was attacked in Kanbei and suffered heavy losses.
"Where did the soldiers and horses come from north of Kanpu?"
His brother-in-law Zhu Dagui also looked at the map and wondered. Since they killed the puppet general, they reported it to King Yiyang of Chongming. King Yiyang also sent an envoy to confer official positions on the two of them. Zheng Jiwu
He was awarded the title of Deputy General of Jiaxing, and Zhu Gang was appointed as the Assistant Guarding General.
However, although King Yiyang gave them official promotions, he failed to send troops to help them. The two of them were on guard day and night in Haiyan, recruiting troops, but they were still weak.
These days, it has been rumored that the commander-in-chief of Hangzhou has sent troops to fight against the rebels. There are also undercurrents from various forces in Haiyan City. Zheng Jiwu has even caught several powerful gentry who secretly sent people to Hangzhou to inform the rebels. In this case, Zheng and Zhu Er
People have to sit in the city of poverty and sorrow, and there is no spare time to take care of other things.
"Could it be that Marshal Chen is returning to the army?"
At this time, the two of them did not know that Chen Wu, who had previously gone south, had crashed in Ningbo and lost his head.
"Marshuai Chen is back, why didn't he send someone to inform us?"
"What should we do now?"
Zheng Jiwu patted his head and felt a little headache, "Send a few brothers to go to Kanbei to inquire about it."
"Do you want to bring troops to reinforce?"
"The situation is unclear, so we'd better guard Haiyan first."
"That's fine, I hope Marshal Chen can defeat Thief Li this time."
The two of them believed that Chen Wu should have led his troops to return for reinforcements. After all, Chen Wu was originally a general in Jiaxing, and they could be considered Chen Wu's old subordinates.
"But now that Chen Shuai has returned to help, we are no longer alone." Zheng Jiwu narrowed his eyes, "Recently, many big players in Haiyan are trying to make moves in secret. We all know what they are planning. Even these people have been secretly planning
I am spreading the news to the outside and am ready to open the door for the thieves to surrender at any time."
Zheng Jiwu had only caught a few kittens and puppies before and beheaded them to scare the monkeys, but he did not act rashly against the more powerful families.
"Let's get rid of these national traitors and traitors first."
Zhu Gangda hesitated, "Is it too early to take action now? And we don't have any solid evidence."
"Evidence? They are all planning to kill us for reward. We know it very well. What more evidence do we need? The war has started. Why don't we eliminate them at this time and leave them to cause chaos? It's time, too.
We don’t need any proof or evidence. We have soldiers and swords in our hands. We will chop them down and then ransack the house. Do you want any evidence then?"
"Okay, I will listen to my eldest brother and go gather my brothers now."
"Be careful. There are many informants and even disciples of various families in our army. Control these people first, and then take action."
"Taking this opportunity, let's thoroughly clean Haiyan County and Hainingwei this time."
"clear."
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Kanpu.
At dusk, the evening breeze is gentle and the summer breeze is cool.
Zhu Yihai entered Kanpu City under the protection of his servants. The evening wind carried the smell of blood, and mosquitoes and flies were flying around.
Groups of soldiers were cleaning the battlefield. Just now, the salt warehouse to the west of Haiyan had just experienced a battle. After the battle in Xuyuan, Zhu Yihai sent a message to all the battalions to assemble and launch an attack on Li Yuchun who was advancing eastward.
After the war, he took advantage of Xu Yuan's victory and launched a direct attack on Kanpu.
Zhang Mingyang sneaked into Kanpu with some people in advance, and when Zhu Yihai led his troops to attack, he took the opportunity to set fire to the city and cause chaos, then seized a city gate and led troops into the city.
There are a large number of private salt dealers in Kanpu City. These people have many desperate thugs and even possess many armors, crossbows, muskets, etc. that are prohibited from private possession. But in the final analysis, they are just a gang of ruthless gangsters. Facing the flag bearer, brave
Guards, Zhenbiao and other Ming-style officers and soldiers were under the intensive attacks of arrows, crossbows and muskets. How could those guys who walked on the road with their personal ruthlessness and bravery be their opponents?
No matter how good your martial arts skills are, after a row of muskets passes through, you will become a sieve.
You can fly over eaves and walk over walls again, but a shower of arrows will send you straight to the street.
The battle did not last long. Zhu Yihai, who had gathered several battalions of troops, quickly captured Kanpu City. Then, based on the intelligence collected in advance, he used the intelligence collected in advance to attack the private salt dealers, gangs, and even those who spread the secrets and spread chaos in the city.
The sect took action to suppress it.
These local snake-like organizations are usually all-pervasive. They divide their territories in this three-thirds of an acre, fight and fight, and their forces are intertwined. They have very complicated relationships with the government and major families. Even after the Qing army went south, there were also many
Most of them hooked up with the Qing army again.
For Zhu Yihai, as long as he is willing to resist the captors, no matter whether it was Donglin or Fushe, whether it was eunuchs or bandits, or even pirates, water bandits, and mountain bandits, he would be willing to temporarily compromise and join forces.
The prerequisite is that we can fight against the invaders together.
There are very few people who have this kind of awakening in Kanpu City. The vast majority of the so-called Taoist people are essentially a group of blood-sucking worms. They only have interests in their eyes and use the strong to bully the weak. When the Ming Dynasty still ruled here, they secretly colluded with the officials.
They unite with the big clans and use their power to bully others. Now that the Ming Dynasty is gone, they have immediately attached themselves to the new dynasty. They don't care who controls the world.
There are some good men on the road who know loyalty, justice and integrity, but they are too few in number.
Salt merchants, private salt dealers, pirates, gangs, secret societies, local powerful families, even pirates, water thieves, all kinds of people are crossing the sea during this power window, each showing their magical powers, and they all want to control the real power of the local area.
Machine to get more benefits.
Before Zhu Yihai came in, the battle between the various parties in Kanpu City was almost coming to an end. The Oolong Society had attracted many forces and had basically formed a suppressive force, becoming the leader in Kanpu City.
This Oolong Club is a Jianghu gang. They are not only engaged in selling private salt, but also doing maritime smuggling. They even work as pirates, water thieves, and bandits without capital. In the salt distribution center of Kanpu, they also do some business.
They also serve as intermediaries, and they run everything from car and boat shops, to selling vegetables, sailing boats, carrying bags, and working as nannies. Basically, they have to go through their procedures. Not only do they have to take commissions from them, but also those who sell vegetables
Even the bag bearers and servants had to obey their orders.
They collect protection fees everywhere, but they also act as protectors of the industry. If any disputes arise, they are basically resolved by them instead of the government.
And because the power of the Kanpu government was almost collapsed, many servants in wealthy families also united through private organizations at this time. Large groups of slaves united and armed themselves, pointing the finger directly at the original masters. They
Taking advantage of the chaos, they looted large households.
These people also occupied a place in Kanpu City amidst the chaos, and put forward their own slogan, which was to abolish the generational slavery system. These slaves formed an alliance with the Oolong Society, which they usually interacted with.
Faced with the chaos, the wealthy and powerful families in Kanpu City had no choice but to take out their gold and silver, spend a lot of money with their children to recruit guard servants, and even summoned their own clan's children and tenants from outside the city to form a self-defense servant force.
The same is true for Xu Min and his Xujiaying.
If it continues to develop, the strongest Oolong Association may gain control of Kanpu, the salt industry center in the west of Haiyan County, and the serfs and the armed forces of the big families may continue to fight among themselves.
However, with Zhu Yihai's sudden attack on the city, the fragile balance in the city was also broken.
All the internal fighting forces are no match for Zhu Yihai's army.
Zhu Yihai, who has already found out the chaotic situation in the city, does not have the slightest fondness for these ghosts and snake gods. The Tatars are invading south. You are like the people in Jiangyin and Jiading cities in history who rose up to resist the Qing Dynasty. Now you are kneeling to the Tatars and fighting in your den. It's nothing.
"Let them all hand over their weapons. Anyone who dares to resist will be killed without mercy!"
They are all bad people, but Zhu Yihai is still willing to leave some room.
As long as they could accept Zhu Yihai's order and hand over their weapons and even the money they had accumulated illegally, Zhu Yihai would be willing to give them a lighter sentence. Even if they were willing to serve the country, Zhu Yihai would be willing to break them up and reorganize them into an army.
Give them a chance to start a new life.
Shen Chenquan was very dissatisfied with the rebellious slave organization in the city, "These evil slaves are causing trouble and bullying their masters. They must not be forgiven, otherwise everything will be chaos."
The slave system is a phenomenon that cannot be eradicated in the feudal era.
Although the Ming Dynasty had reforms in this area, in reality it was just a change of the soup without changing the medicine, and slaves were not allowed to be kept. But it is not against the law for me to adopt an adopted son and adopted daughter, right?
But these so-called adopted sons and daughters were still essentially slaves. Even at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the trend of slavery in the prosperous Jiangnan area became more and more popular, and many of them were too lazy to cover up their affairs.
From Shen Chenquan's point of view, it is certainly unacceptable for slaves to rebel.
Zhu Yihai would definitely not be able to accept Zhu Yihai as a supervisor. Otherwise, the world would be in chaos. Even the foundation of rule would be gone.
He cannot be vague on this issue, otherwise the slaves will all revolt in the future, and it will be really chaotic.
"These slaves rebelled, and their crime is unforgivable. But now that the country is in crisis, I am willing to give a chance to everyone who is willing to contribute to the country, whether it is the salt dealers in Kanpu City, the secret societies, or their rebellious slaves
, or pirates and water bandits, as long as they are willing to join Gu's anti-captive army, Gu can pardon their death and promise to perform meritorious service."
"Your Highness, you must not do this. These evil slaves have betrayed their master and rebelled. They have no faith and loyalty at all."
"Gu Dedao, I don't want to kill too many of my own people. Although these people seem to deserve to be killed, I am still willing to give them a chance." Zhu Yihai still said.
"I only hope that before dawn, Kanpu City can change its appearance and no longer be a city of chaos."
"Shen Qing, our real enemies are Li Yuchun who is coming, Boluo in Hangzhou City, Duoduo in Jinling City, Dorgon and Aixinjueluo Fulin in Beijing City, and those who invaded the pass
The Eight Banners Tartars who massacred my Han people."
"Before we deal with these foreign enemies, we should try our best to mediate the internal strife."
"Your Highness, I believe that in order to fight against the outside world, we must first settle the internal affairs. These scum in Kanpu City are all the poison of the troubled times. They should be eliminated together and cannot be tolerated. Your Highness, in order to govern the troubled times, we should use strict rules and must not be benevolent as a woman. If this is the case, If your family is not at peace, how can you resist foreign aggression?"
Zhu Yihai sighed, "Mr. Shen, what you said makes some sense, but let's go with Gu's decision first. Give them a chance, and it also gives us a chance. We only have half of the ruins left, and there is only one more person left." Just one more strength.”